Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-03

ton of the Naval Appropriation bill wa,
resumed, the question being on Plumb's
amendment to strike out the item o
$4,000 for heavily armored vessels
to be used for coast and harbor defences
The amendment was rejected without a
division. The amendment RECOMMENDED
by the committee was then adopted
without a division. 1t strikes out the
House provision for two and four gun.
boats, all to cost, exclusive of arma-
ment, not more than 1880, 900,
and inserts in lieu thereof a
section providing for the coustruc.
ton by contract of six protected
steel cruisers with suitable armament
and speed of not less than tweuty
knots, the cost of all nst to exceed
So, ,0O0,0 900.
Additional appropriations are made
for machinery and armament. One Of
the vessels is 10 be built on the Pacific
coast and two on or near the coast OF
| the Gulf Of Mexico. For every quarter
knot of speed over twenty knots the
contractor is to receive $50, 900 and for
every qucrter knet under twenty knots
$50, 900 will be deducted from the
contract price. Further appropriations
are made as follows: For the construc-
tion of heavily armored vessels or ar
mored floating batteries or. rams, 20 be
used for coast and harbor defences,
Sc, COO, 900; for the construction OF light.
draught gunboats, suitable for interior
waterways and canal service, $720, 600;
for the construction of torpedo boats of
the highest attainable speed and eff
cheney, 100000; for torpedoes and
other explosives and torpedo ap.
pliances, to be operated from ma.
val vessels ard floating batteries
or rams, 5000, 1000, OF this sum $50, 200
shall be Immediately available for the
armament of these vessels. $lS5, 600
shall be available during five years.
OF the next material amendments
reported by the committee, one appro.
pirates for the purchase by the Secretary
of the Navy, if he shall deem the
vessel of iron, designed and built by
Captain John Ericsson, $4,000. Mr..
Aldrich offered an amendment appro.
propriating $3.50, 600 for the purchase of
the Stiletto, to be used as torpedo
boat for experimental purposes. Agreed
to. The bill and amendments were
then reported to the Senate, the former
proceedings being supposed to have
been in Committee of the Whole. Mr.
Edmunds called for the yeas and nays
on the amendment by making the last
paragraph read: ''That the material
used in all naval structures provided for
in this act, and the amendments to the
same shall be, SO far as practicable. of
American production, and shall be fur
nished and manufactured In the United
States" Agreed to.
TIE HOUSE.
The House resumed the consideration
of the conference report on the Fisheries
Retaliation bill to-day, aud after some
discussion agreed, yeas l49, nays l34, to
recede from the amendments to the
Senate retaliatory bill.
A motion was laid upon the table to
reconsider the vote. This passes the
bill in the shape in which it passed the
Senate.
The Diplomatic and Consular Appro-
priation bill has been agreed on in con.
ference.
On motion of Crisp, of Georgia, the
rules were suspended and the Senate
amendments to the House joint resolu.
tion for the investigation of the &C.
counts of the Pacific railroads were non.
concurred in.
On motion of VOORHEES,, of Washing.
ton Territory, the Senate amendments
were concurred in to he bill annexing q
portion of Idaho to Washington Terri.
tory.
The House agreed to the conference
report on the joint resolution (now a
billy for an investigation of the accounts
OF the Pacific railroads.
Mr.. Belmont. of New York, present
ed conference report on the Diplomatic
and Consular Appropriation bill, which
was agreed to.
AT the evening session Mr.. Hatch, of
Missouri, presented the conference re.
port on the Agricultural Appropriation
bill. There were two important amend
ments placed upon the bill as reported
by the Conference Committee, one ap-
propriating $50 600 to enable the Com
missioner Of Agriculture to continue to
experiment on the manufacture of sugar
from sorghum and sugar cane, and the
other increasing from 100000 to $780,.
600 the appropriation for carrying out
the provisions of the act esta blishipg
Bureau of Animal Industry. There
was much opposition to both of these
amendments. but the conference report
was agreed to: Yeas l47, nays 7S. A
vote was then taken on the committees
amendment aud it was decided in the
affirmative: Yeas AZ, nays 9.
On motion of Malone the Senate bill
for the erection of national memorial
bridge over the Potomac from Washing
ton to Wilmington was taken up and
passed. 1t appropriates $500, 900 for
the construction Of bridge, which is to
be erected in honor Of Lincoln and
Grant. The vote was: Yeas 30. nays